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, particularly in a competitive environment with other countries. i think it can be done in a revenue neutral way. i do nothing would have the ability to raise the revenue we need to deal with the fiscal problem is with the business tax reform. >> in regards to business taxation, many have made the argument that we need to pay very close attention to the individual toacode regard to its impact on business taxation. do you think we can do corporate reform without also doing individual tax reform? >> i think we could, but i do not think it would be the best way to do it. we should do both individual and business tax reforms. we do have a combination of different forms of business organizations. the closer we get to a place where the corporate tax system is one that is open for more business, the more competitive we will be. we need to keep both in play. right now the challenge is many, but once we do tax reform, we should do it right and do both. >> i want to get into some. friend issues, but my time is running out here -- i want to get onto some othe
, particularly in a competitive environment with other countries. i think it can be done in a revenue neutral way. i do nothing would have the ability to raise the revenue we need to deal with the fiscal problem is with the business tax reform. >> in regards to business taxation, many have made the argument that we need to pay very close attention to the individual toacode regard to its impact on business taxation. do you think we can do corporate reform without also doing individual tax...
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what can we do to help create an environment where jobs will be created? or can we do to create a possibility that every family that is willing to work hard has the chance to get a decent life? i think there are many things we can do. i am an optimist by nature, but i also believe you have to keep working at it. the president proposed the american jobs act. last night, he thanked congress for adopting a few of them and urged congress to enact the rest. i believe that, in the short run, investments in infrastructure makes sense. investments in keeping teachers and firemen from being laid off makes sense. in the longer term, we have to get our fiscal house in order, but we cannot shortchange the investments to build the economy for the future, things like infrastructure, education, skills training. we have the best workforce in the world, the most vital economy in the world. in order to be there in the future, we need the r&d and the people and the infrastructure. that is got to be in conjunction with fiscal policy that we can afford. bu>> i hope you will al
what can we do to help create an environment where jobs will be created? or can we do to create a possibility that every family that is willing to work hard has the chance to get a decent life? i think there are many things we can do. i am an optimist by nature, but i also believe you have to keep working at it. the president proposed the american jobs act. last night, he thanked congress for adopting a few of them and urged congress to enact the rest. i believe that, in the short run,...
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, particularly in a competitive environment with other countries. i think it can be done in a revenue neutral way. i do nothing would have the ability to raise the revenue we need to deal with the fiscal problem is with the business tax reform. >> in regards to business taxation, many have made the argument that we need to pay very close attention to the individual code regard to its impact on business taxation. do you think we can do corporate reform without also doing individual tax reform? >> i think we could, but i do not think it would be the best way to do it. we should do both individual and business tax reforms. we do have a combination of different forms of business organizations. the closer we get to a place where the corporate tax system is one that is open for more business, the more competitive we will be. we need to keep both in play. right now the challenge is many, but once we do tax reform, we should do it right and do both. >> i want to get onto some other issues, but my time is running out. on the corporate reform side are you abl
, particularly in a competitive environment with other countries. i think it can be done in a revenue neutral way. i do nothing would have the ability to raise the revenue we need to deal with the fiscal problem is with the business tax reform. >> in regards to business taxation, many have made the argument that we need to pay very close attention to the individual code regard to its impact on business taxation. do you think we can do corporate reform without also doing individual tax...
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we have to be as conscious in promoting the social environment as we are about the academic environment. addressing social skills, culture, and exhibition, ways that we can demonstrate performance. teaching social skills to students. making the curriculum a core theme. thinking carefully about the literature we use in schools. focusing on classroom community and how we build that community that supports tolerance and respect. using things like class meetings and student council. focusing on service learning as an expression of the development of character. it is a little different in high school. students can focus in on social and emotional development that they are going through. i found a powerful curriculum called facing history and ourselves. it is the study of genocide. it is a powerful motivator. how does genocide become state policy? it focuses on our engagement as a bystander or end up standard and helps students look at the ethics. what people did to that. it is about what it said in terms of a quotation about relationships. in schoolsbuilding - is key. we have to think about
we have to be as conscious in promoting the social environment as we are about the academic environment. addressing social skills, culture, and exhibition, ways that we can demonstrate performance. teaching social skills to students. making the curriculum a core theme. thinking carefully about the literature we use in schools. focusing on classroom community and how we build that community that supports tolerance and respect. using things like class meetings and student council. focusing on...
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i'd like to talk about that unusual nature and your own background as if they seek to alter the environment. >> as you said, is to find a bit differently than combatant commands and has more agency people assigned to head orders may think all of that is a great benet to the organization who stretches and reaches across the agency in an effort that is required to be done that way in that interagency effort. in the building partner capacity piece, as all of our operations there really is a one to general austin is talking about is helping to build the capacity of the nation to protect itself and provides stability for itself. so we worked hard over the years and we both had significant experience trying to build iraqi security forces as well as active dirty forces to do it themselves and also to work also to work with the multinational partners to also ensure they are part of the solution, both in our nato allies and allies throughout the world as well as the host nation countries. i look forward to continue that to help africans compare themselves to take care of themselves. >> some of the m
i'd like to talk about that unusual nature and your own background as if they seek to alter the environment. >> as you said, is to find a bit differently than combatant commands and has more agency people assigned to head orders may think all of that is a great benet to the organization who stretches and reaches across the agency in an effort that is required to be done that way in that interagency effort. in the building partner capacity piece, as all of our operations there really is a...
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our soldiers today operate in a most uncertain and unpredictable environment. it is the most dynamic and unpredictable i have seen in my over 36 years of service. unlike post-conflict drawdowns, where we have a termination of conflict due to a police treaty or a political decline of a -- peavece trearty or a political decline of a superpower, instead today we have 81,000 soldiers deployed, including 50,000 fighting in afghanistan, and thousands of others in kuwait, in the horn of africa. over 91,000 soldiers are stationed in over 160 countries. we have been in a continuous state of war in the last 12 years, the longest in our history. but today, in my opinion, the greatest threat to our national security is the fiscal uncertainty resulting from a lack of predictability in the budget cycle, a series of continuing resolutions, a threat of sequestration hanging over our heads, our country's inability to put its fiscal house in order compromise is the full readiness of the joint force, army, and will impact our ability to provide our security to our nation. we have
our soldiers today operate in a most uncertain and unpredictable environment. it is the most dynamic and unpredictable i have seen in my over 36 years of service. unlike post-conflict drawdowns, where we have a termination of conflict due to a police treaty or a political decline of a -- peavece trearty or a political decline of a superpower, instead today we have 81,000 soldiers deployed, including 50,000 fighting in afghanistan, and thousands of others in kuwait, in the horn of africa. over...
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important to get to the point where we can provide clarity to financial firms as to what regulatory environment they can expect in some of these important areas so that they can get on with planning their businesses accordingly. so it's my hope and my expectation that with respect to the volcker rule, the capital rule, section 716 and many of the special prudential requirements for systemically important firms we will publish final rules this year. on volcker and the standardized capital rules in particular i think the agencies have learned a good deal from the formal comments and public commentaries addressed to these proposals. both required a difficult balance between the aimed comprehensiveness on one hand and ability to strait at firms and regulators on the other. inc. it is clear that both proposals lean too far in the direction of complexity. i would expect a good bit of change in the final rule makings on these subjects. indeed, these examples prove the wisdom of those who drafted the administrative procedure act many years ago whereby they set up a process that agencies issued proposal
important to get to the point where we can provide clarity to financial firms as to what regulatory environment they can expect in some of these important areas so that they can get on with planning their businesses accordingly. so it's my hope and my expectation that with respect to the volcker rule, the capital rule, section 716 and many of the special prudential requirements for systemically important firms we will publish final rules this year. on volcker and the standardized capital rules...
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we have added so much more equipment on it for the environment. the good news is it is much better for the environment but there has been a cost associated with that. so cost is up and lending is not what it once was. i show you the small fleets are not growing. in part of the reason is because i also showed you the age has gone up significantly. so the trucks are not worth as much as a three year old truck that you might trade. we have small fleets that have to sell two used trucks to afford one new one. part of that is because they can't get financing for as much easy and they have to put more down. the other thing i see over last two years the lease financing -- it used to be 10% -- any truck you acquire in the year especially for the smaller fleets it would be 10% of those trucks. today it is 30%-40% because this is the only way. it is a challenge and one that is holding us back a little bit. >> i have to agree with that. there are thousands of small oil and gas companies that do rely on financing for moving forward for the investments they ma
we have added so much more equipment on it for the environment. the good news is it is much better for the environment but there has been a cost associated with that. so cost is up and lending is not what it once was. i show you the small fleets are not growing. in part of the reason is because i also showed you the age has gone up significantly. so the trucks are not worth as much as a three year old truck that you might trade. we have small fleets that have to sell two used trucks to afford...
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to the president's statement, we do not have to choose between our environment and our economy. that really hit home for latinos and for all of us. carbon pollutions from the dirty power plants and saying no to the keystone and tar sands pipeline. [applause] president obama's legacy, his response, his resolve in responding to the climate crisis. the zero oil industry claims that the keystone pipeline is for our energy security. we know that this pipeline is the industry new access to foreign markets and the ability to sell their tar sands from more money. it is win-win for them. what about us? what about ensuring we have what we need to make sure our families have economic security and health security? it's a lot for all of us when it comes to clean air and clean water in our climate. we also keep hearing about these job killing regulations. for millions of americans, especially minority and low-income communities, clean air protections are lifesaving regulations. this is another big reason why environmental issues are registering on the mind of some and a latino families today.
to the president's statement, we do not have to choose between our environment and our economy. that really hit home for latinos and for all of us. carbon pollutions from the dirty power plants and saying no to the keystone and tar sands pipeline. [applause] president obama's legacy, his response, his resolve in responding to the climate crisis. the zero oil industry claims that the keystone pipeline is for our energy security. we know that this pipeline is the industry new access to foreign...
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we will talk about the environment and talk about particular first lady's. among our panelists, they have been in the white house since the. when betty ford was first lady. -- since the period when betty ford was first lady. she does a great deal about the operations and the comings and goings. gary walters worked as chief usher from 1986. he came from a time when betty ford was first lady. he worked into the bush administration. susan sher was chief of staff with michelle obama. and that he is curator at the white house, a position that came about as a result of the work jackie kennedy did. we are going to talk about state dinner and use that as an introduction for all of us and how they are put on, where the first lady comes into it, all of the various parts of the white house that get involved. it certainly is a big event and one that involves everybody. gary, can you start as off? as chief usher you handled the residence staff. >> i would be glad to. the first notice of a state dinner or state visit comes from the state department. it usually goes throug
we will talk about the environment and talk about particular first lady's. among our panelists, they have been in the white house since the. when betty ford was first lady. -- since the period when betty ford was first lady. she does a great deal about the operations and the comings and goings. gary walters worked as chief usher from 1986. he came from a time when betty ford was first lady. he worked into the bush administration. susan sher was chief of staff with michelle obama. and that he is...
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the host creates a welcoming environment for everybody. there is no cultural barrier to entry. >> the demographic of people who come will match the demographic of the reader. it is very simple. if we want more people of color, you book more people of color. you want more women, your book more women. kind of like that. it gets mixed up a little bit. in general, we kind of have a core group of people who come every month. their ages and very. we definitely have some folks who are straight. >> the loyal audience has allowed michelle to take more chances with the monthly lineup. established authors bring in an older audience. younker authors bring in their friends from the community who might be bringing in an older author. >> raider has provided a stage for more than 400 writers. it ranges from fiction to academics stories to academic stories this service the underground of queer fell, history, or culture. >> and there are so many different literary circles in san francisco. i have been programming this reading series for nine years. and i st
the host creates a welcoming environment for everybody. there is no cultural barrier to entry. >> the demographic of people who come will match the demographic of the reader. it is very simple. if we want more people of color, you book more people of color. you want more women, your book more women. kind of like that. it gets mixed up a little bit. in general, we kind of have a core group of people who come every month. their ages and very. we definitely have some folks who are straight....
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tax reform will have to be done in an environment where, as we broaden the base we both contribute to deficit reduction and hopefully are able to lower rates. on the business side, we have a contradiction in our business tax system. our statutory rate is very high. lori effective rate is not as high, so when you look at the unit is its competitively against other countries' statutory rates make it an attractive tillich the united states verses other places on some occasion. though, for individuals of individual firms, the average tax rate is much lower because of all the complicated provisions, deductions, credits that are part of the cut out. it will be a challenge to take on those individual deductions and credits, but there's no other way to bring the rate down, which is something that think we need to do to maintain our competitiveness abroad. >> so even though an effective rate might be different and statutory, you still believe is geared to proceed, go down the road of carper reform? reduce a lot of those tax expenditures in order to get the rate can't? >> i do, senator. i think
tax reform will have to be done in an environment where, as we broaden the base we both contribute to deficit reduction and hopefully are able to lower rates. on the business side, we have a contradiction in our business tax system. our statutory rate is very high. lori effective rate is not as high, so when you look at the unit is its competitively against other countries' statutory rates make it an attractive tillich the united states verses other places on some occasion. though, for...
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it is reflective of a policy environment where there are financial -- finite resources and we are trying to identify ways the government can be helpful in creating change and helping to create smart consumers in a way that is financially sustainable. on the financial aid peace, the status quo is not working right now for students and families. we have community colleges in this country where tuition has gone up 100% in the last two years. we only have about 1/.3 of our generation who actually graduates with a degree. many of us agree that is essential if our country will the competitive. i am not just talking about the traditional four-year degree. i am talking about community colleges, technical degrees, some form of of post secondary education that will prepare you. we need to make sure we continue to invest in young people in the same way that we built a strong public k-12 system in the country and did things like the g.i. bill which helped a whole generation of americans attend school and lay the groundwork for economic success. it is critical that we continue to support students. i
it is reflective of a policy environment where there are financial -- finite resources and we are trying to identify ways the government can be helpful in creating change and helping to create smart consumers in a way that is financially sustainable. on the financial aid peace, the status quo is not working right now for students and families. we have community colleges in this country where tuition has gone up 100% in the last two years. we only have about 1/.3 of our generation who actually...
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it is the ability of her leaders to operate in this environment, -- our leaders to operate in this environment and be able to move through this. what i have learned in the last 10 years is, it is not about what happened. it is about why it happened. once you figure out why it happened, you can come up with the right combination of solutions to fix the problem. we need to think about that. those are the kinds of things. >> you, sir, in the fourth row. >> general, thank you for your service. i run a campaign on the importance of k-12 geography education. the campaign has been endorsed i to former defense secretary's, -- by to former defense secretary's. do you think in thinking of the army of the future that the leadership of the education system here in the us is doing enough to prepare students? >> one of the big problems we have right now it's about out of the population only 19% to 23% is qualified to come into the army of a young population. that is terrible. that is about the development of our youth, element across a rod spectrum. those who get -- rod spectrum. it is about physical fitnes
it is the ability of her leaders to operate in this environment, -- our leaders to operate in this environment and be able to move through this. what i have learned in the last 10 years is, it is not about what happened. it is about why it happened. once you figure out why it happened, you can come up with the right combination of solutions to fix the problem. we need to think about that. those are the kinds of things. >> you, sir, in the fourth row. >> general, thank you for your...
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even the environment looks different. even more important than that, it is really that moderate seat held by democrats do not belong to democrats any more. do belong to very conservative republicans. seats that were held by moderate republicans are now held by democrats. that makes the democrats all that much -- that makes the dynamic all that more problematic. if you are a gun owner that it's a certain democratic profile, that makes it more likely that you are actually eight republicans. host: host: you wrote about this. ece. is amy's pi guest: we still have to do it immigration reform. host: biscuit the viewer is involved -- let's get the viewers involved. caller: we should be able to vote on our own gun control and immigration policies. host: what do you mean by that? caller: you can vote whether you want immigration control, yes or no. enforce our laws we already have. the american people can vote. the details can be worked out by congress. host: do you think the electorate moves forward on these issues by voting for
even the environment looks different. even more important than that, it is really that moderate seat held by democrats do not belong to democrats any more. do belong to very conservative republicans. seats that were held by moderate republicans are now held by democrats. that makes the democrats all that much -- that makes the dynamic all that more problematic. if you are a gun owner that it's a certain democratic profile, that makes it more likely that you are actually eight republicans. host:...
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will be at the newseum talking about energy and the environment. he has been critical of the media coverage of the pipeline, which canadian officials want approved. tomorrow on "washington journal," we will look at the history of presidential second terms with douglas brinkley, with a look at the pensions, costs and benefits of former presidents of the united states. our guests for that discussion is wendy ginsburg. again, "washington journal," is live here at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i think -- [video clip] >> these women were attracted to men who were going to become politically active or were already politically active. >> each of them i find contract -- i find intriguing, half of them precisely because they are so obscure, historically. half of them would be totally unrecognizable to most men and women on the street. >> this president's day be premier our new series, "first lady's." interviews with historians, chiefs of staff, social curators, exploring the lives of the women who have been first lady. in a first of its kind project
will be at the newseum talking about energy and the environment. he has been critical of the media coverage of the pipeline, which canadian officials want approved. tomorrow on "washington journal," we will look at the history of presidential second terms with douglas brinkley, with a look at the pensions, costs and benefits of former presidents of the united states. our guests for that discussion is wendy ginsburg. again, "washington journal," is live here at 7:00 a.m....
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it is in a 3-d environment and it gives them the flexibility of having convenience. it addresses transportation difficulties from mainstream outpatient treatment and it gives them the opportunity to access resources for their recovery process anytime that they choose. our virtual world program is for the adolescent, age ranges from 18 to 28. and it's online, virtual world counseling, so you can do individual sessions as well as group sessions at your accessibility. so anytime that you are available to do sessions, it's kind of at your fingertips. our premise has not ever been that virtual treatment would be better than traditional treatment. it has always been to be able to provide treatment to those people that have bahriers to getting traditional treatment. there's many clients that are unable to access traditional treatment, especially if they live in rural areas. maybe they live 40 or 60 miles away from the nearest treatment facility. maybe they have lost their license because of a dwi charge or maybe they don't have a vehicle or can't afford a vehicle, can't aff
it is in a 3-d environment and it gives them the flexibility of having convenience. it addresses transportation difficulties from mainstream outpatient treatment and it gives them the opportunity to access resources for their recovery process anytime that they choose. our virtual world program is for the adolescent, age ranges from 18 to 28. and it's online, virtual world counseling, so you can do individual sessions as well as group sessions at your accessibility. so anytime that you are...
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engineers developed two approaches to stormwater infrastructure to transport water away from the urban environment. one approach was to carry waste and stormwater through the same pipe. this combined system was less expensive than building two individual pipe networks. and stormwater was seen as a way to flush out the sewers. through the 19th century, the combined system was considered state-of-the-art throughout the world, and is still in use in many cities today. but cities constructed these systems before treatment was the standard. and even today's largest treatment plant doesn't have the capacity to treat the sudden volumes of water rushing through a combined system during rain. the plant is overloaded, and the excess rainwater, mixed with untreated raw sewage, is diverted straight into local waterways, creating a combined sewer overflow, or cso. there are over 700 communities in the united states with combined sewer systems. the other approach was to separate wastewater from stormwater, using two pipe networks. this separate system simply carries the stormwater away from the city. but even s
engineers developed two approaches to stormwater infrastructure to transport water away from the urban environment. one approach was to carry waste and stormwater through the same pipe. this combined system was less expensive than building two individual pipe networks. and stormwater was seen as a way to flush out the sewers. through the 19th century, the combined system was considered state-of-the-art throughout the world, and is still in use in many cities today. but cities constructed these...
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today, the global environment is the most uncertain i've seen in my 36 years of service. it is unpredictable and dynamic. we simply don't know when we will have to deploy soldiers to fight again. but history tells us that we will. we owe it to them to ensure they sister the proper resources to be ready when needed. the fiscal outlook with the u.s. army faces in fiscal year 2013 is dire and to my knowledge, unprecedented. in addition to the cuts to the army lev vied by the budget control act of 2011 the combination of the continuing resolution, a shortfall -- excuse me a shortfall in oversees in funds for afghanistan and sequester in fiscal year 2013 has resulted in a $17-$18 billion shortfall to the military's operation accounts. as well as $6 billion cuts to other programs. all of this will come in the remaining seven months of this yeared the fiscal year 2013 situation will have impacts of readiness on all forces not serving afghanistan and forward in korea. impacts that will have a significant impact well into fiscal year 2014 and beyond. just a few actions we will be
today, the global environment is the most uncertain i've seen in my 36 years of service. it is unpredictable and dynamic. we simply don't know when we will have to deploy soldiers to fight again. but history tells us that we will. we owe it to them to ensure they sister the proper resources to be ready when needed. the fiscal outlook with the u.s. army faces in fiscal year 2013 is dire and to my knowledge, unprecedented. in addition to the cuts to the army lev vied by the budget control act of...
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we almost -- we also must be respectful of the environment. that is why rural development will complement that. in assessing these policies against one another. it will be too easy to do. we must keep the pedestal of european policies. otherwise alchemy no tax -- how can we know? the budget which is to be proposed must continue the growth path we adopted in june of last year. we must promote innovation and infrastructure. they have a deflationary impact. my third principle is that the budget must support the most abominable of european. most are exposed to the crisis. the poorest of the poor with the funds must be kept going and they must have more money. we have the globalization adjustment fund that is necessary. we are to deal with the restructuring. the european structural funds are all in the regional. unemployment for young people which must be a european program with a real priority for the choices we have to meet. these are about to open as a system that is comprehensible. the amount of the checks must not rise any more. in the future
we almost -- we also must be respectful of the environment. that is why rural development will complement that. in assessing these policies against one another. it will be too easy to do. we must keep the pedestal of european policies. otherwise alchemy no tax -- how can we know? the budget which is to be proposed must continue the growth path we adopted in june of last year. we must promote innovation and infrastructure. they have a deflationary impact. my third principle is that the budget...
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of a job, because it is a whole new environment for her. she has to learn how to bring her family in, particularly with the young family, like michelle obama. that is what she has to focus on. before hand, they can start thinking about their issues, as both recent first ladies have done -- they thought about it before hand. the whole physical moves is something that they are the ones that are going to have to handle, because the president is simply not going to have the time. maybe he is going to be involved in the oval office, setting up the oval office, as george bush proudly talked about every item in the tour of the white house, why he chose particular things. >> do we have time for questions? >> do we get to ask mine? >> i am sorry. [laughter] >> my question -- [laughter] >> the administration's you work for, 5, what was the one you felt you were able to shine your craft the most? the one favorite? >> you know, it is quite difficult to go there because when i came to the white house, i was learning. when i went working and i could see
of a job, because it is a whole new environment for her. she has to learn how to bring her family in, particularly with the young family, like michelle obama. that is what she has to focus on. before hand, they can start thinking about their issues, as both recent first ladies have done -- they thought about it before hand. the whole physical moves is something that they are the ones that are going to have to handle, because the president is simply not going to have the time. maybe he is going...
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as my right honorable friend the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs said, this is predominantly an issue of food safety, food labeling and truth telling to consumers, but we need to do everything we can to get on top of it. >> the prime minister wants to repatriate regional policy. as a sign of his good intentions, will he guarantee to make up in full any shortfall in cohesion funding for west wales and the valleys? >> overall, the amount of structural funds that will be coming to the united kingdom at around 11 billion euros is a small reduction, but broadly the same -- maybe 2% less. we then have to decide how that money is fairly divided up between the different regions. of course, west wales is one of the less developed regions so should benefit from that. we will be making final determinations about how the money is divided up when we know more about the overall figures and the proposal has been passed by the european parliament. >> may i warmly congratulate the prime minister on being more skeptical than the skeptics and delivering an even better deal than
as my right honorable friend the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs said, this is predominantly an issue of food safety, food labeling and truth telling to consumers, but we need to do everything we can to get on top of it. >> the prime minister wants to repatriate regional policy. as a sign of his good intentions, will he guarantee to make up in full any shortfall in cohesion funding for west wales and the valleys? >> overall, the amount of structural funds...
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narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much. now this is a priority. you have trash, animal waste, and it ends up on our beaches. that is a health risk. that is one of the main reasons why we have to close the beaches after heavy rain. narrator: but even when it's not raining, water still enters the stormwater system, carrying pollutants. here on the west coast, a lot of our storm drain systems are separate from the sanitary sewer system, so if you dump something in the storm drain, it goes right to the ocean untreated. alamillo: we haven't had a major rainstorm in the last year or so yet there's a lot of water in this creek here. i would say 20% of it is
narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much....
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we will get a sense of the environment that a first lady operates in. it is a difficult place to be, in some ways as beautiful as the white house is, it is a museum. it is obviously a residence. it is a park. and it is a workplace. and all of those combined for the first lady, opportunities for her and for her husband, those hazards as they live their lives in the white house. it is also a place for children, a place to raise a family. with a first lady that receives no compensation for what she does, it is a difficult thing to say exactly what her role is. we will talk about the environment and particular first lady's because our panelists have banned and the white house when betty ford was first lady. nina mcbride was chief of staff to laura bush and also worked for presidents reagan and george h.w. bush. gary walters worked as chief usher from 1986, but he came during betty ford's time as first lady. he worked in to the bush administration, the chief of staff with michele obama and can speak to us about the west wing and the east wing. and the carter
we will get a sense of the environment that a first lady operates in. it is a difficult place to be, in some ways as beautiful as the white house is, it is a museum. it is obviously a residence. it is a park. and it is a workplace. and all of those combined for the first lady, opportunities for her and for her husband, those hazards as they live their lives in the white house. it is also a place for children, a place to raise a family. with a first lady that receives no compensation for what...
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has been tame it makes for a healthy environment revenue environment in the airline business right now. neil: and finally, i do want to get into something you keep one eye on washington, this idea they could be on a verge of a brink in a couple of week of automatic spending cutting that kick in, you heard that, do you, as ceos, and big mucketty mucks, let this affect you, it is noise to you? is it worrisome chatter to you? your business plan? it didn't affect your merger announcement today, but many of your colleagues say it does and it worries them, what say you? >> well, i think you control what you can control. for doug and i we can control the outcome of the merger. and we have seen this as an opportunity to create value for the companies, irrespective of the environment in washington. neil: one final line for consumer travel airline, this echoes back to what you said at the beginning. the benefits of it deal will go to corporation. not to consumers, this is growing anst among the groups that represent customers there could be hell to pay from this. why do you think that is so ramp
has been tame it makes for a healthy environment revenue environment in the airline business right now. neil: and finally, i do want to get into something you keep one eye on washington, this idea they could be on a verge of a brink in a couple of week of automatic spending cutting that kick in, you heard that, do you, as ceos, and big mucketty mucks, let this affect you, it is noise to you? is it worrisome chatter to you? your business plan? it didn't affect your merger announcement today, but...
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i think kids are benefit from different learning environments and parents know best what would be good for their kid. one of the issue with school choice is the issue of equity, and if we care about equity and we care about providing a good option for eave child, there are the candidates -- the kids out there who don't eave a parent that will be able to navigate those choices and you found that in new york city as an example, where for high school there are hundreds of choices of schools you can go to. but you found that the large comprehensive high schools that are just a regular high school, those are really -- a lot of those have struggled because they tend to get the kids who don't make an active choice, if that makes sense. so just like desegregation, there are problems that come with it, that i think that need to be dealt with and thought about. and i think we can look back at desegregation and think, this worked and this didn't work, and really think about those. not critiqueing a school choice, and the other reform ideas that are happening now, but a way to make them better, at
i think kids are benefit from different learning environments and parents know best what would be good for their kid. one of the issue with school choice is the issue of equity, and if we care about equity and we care about providing a good option for eave child, there are the candidates -- the kids out there who don't eave a parent that will be able to navigate those choices and you found that in new york city as an example, where for high school there are hundreds of choices of schools you...
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so it's also a working environment, but it's also a family environment. >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ and i k >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ he watches >> ♪ he watches >> ♪ me >> ♪ me [ cheers and applause ] >> gospel for teens was started by vy higginsen. >> gospel music is religious, but we are a school, so we teach the art of gospel music. so it doesn't matter what religion you are. but i think that gospel music was birthed out of a need to be spiritual or to be religious or to have hope and possibility and joy in your life, you know, especially during those really difficult times. and it sort of takes us through a journey of our life in america, you know, whether you go from traditional gospel songs or slave songs or folk songs. >> vy explained that one of the goals of the program is to keep the spirit of gospel alive. >> as we auditioned people for events, we find out that they were not able to sing a whole gospel song all the way through. so, therefore, we felt that it was important now to make sure that we infuse these young people with the history and culture and let th
so it's also a working environment, but it's also a family environment. >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ and i k >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ he watches >> ♪ he watches >> ♪ me >> ♪ me [ cheers and applause ] >> gospel for teens was started by vy higginsen. >> gospel music is religious, but we are a school, so we teach the art of gospel music. so it doesn't matter what religion you are. but i think that gospel music was...
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. >> whether it's military or other sorts of tactical environments like law enforcement they're trying to get a sense of what that place will look like before they get there. >> this is a.j. altman who is our founder here at hover. i'm going to just ask a.j. to cross the street without getting killed and take my picture in front of the building here. on three, wave. so we just took that picture
. >> whether it's military or other sorts of tactical environments like law enforcement they're trying to get a sense of what that place will look like before they get there. >> this is a.j. altman who is our founder here at hover. i'm going to just ask a.j. to cross the street without getting killed and take my picture in front of the building here. on three, wave. so we just took that picture
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so it's also a working environment, but it's also a family environment. >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ he watches >> ♪ he watches >> ♪ me >> ♪ me [ cheers and applause ] >> gospel for teens was started by vy higginsen. >> gospel music is religious, but we are a school, so we teach the art of gospel music. so it doesn't matter what religion you are. but i think that gospel music was birthed out of a need to be spiritual or to be religious or to have hope and possibility and joy in your life, you know, especially during those really difficult times. and it sort of takes us through a journey of our life in america, you know, whether you go from traditional gospel songs or slave songs or folk songs. >> vy explained that one of the goals of the program is to keep the spirit of gospel alive. >> as we auditioned people for events, we find out that they were not able to sing a whole gospel song all the way through. so, therefore, we felt that it was important now to make sure that we infuse these young people with the history and culture and let
so it's also a working environment, but it's also a family environment. >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ and i know >> ♪ he watches >> ♪ he watches >> ♪ me >> ♪ me [ cheers and applause ] >> gospel for teens was started by vy higginsen. >> gospel music is religious, but we are a school, so we teach the art of gospel music. so it doesn't matter what religion you are. but i think that gospel music was...
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otherwise, we have created an environment for we need less work. that is why the unemployment rate is so stable, even with an economy that is growing. rather than talking about how we can find jobs to make people work to do, the real question is how can we stop the wealthy class from taking all of the money out of the system and not being willing to give it back. they earned it on a labor of people. cato institute sounds like you wouldn't be talking to a southern plantation owner after the civil war and say all we really need to do is institute savory. but it is a to slavery. guest: the comment is ridiculous but he started off on a good track. the productivity of laborsaving devices is a key part of the economy. he is right, a major issue in and advanced economy is that new machinery and equipment and advanced techniques replaces labor constantly. that is what economic growth is. if we look at manufacturing, it is actually pretty healthy. but they need less workers to produce all those products. the manufacturing itself, in terms of economic export
otherwise, we have created an environment for we need less work. that is why the unemployment rate is so stable, even with an economy that is growing. rather than talking about how we can find jobs to make people work to do, the real question is how can we stop the wealthy class from taking all of the money out of the system and not being willing to give it back. they earned it on a labor of people. cato institute sounds like you wouldn't be talking to a southern plantation owner after the...
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. >> looking for ways to save some money and the environment at the same time. go shopping. we'll explain just ahead. >> pretty much cloudy all day, but sun is in our future. don't miss the updated first warning forecast with bob. >>> it is cloudy, 52 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. >>> it was a successful launch into space but the mission is all about earth. alex demetrick reports, land sack eight is the latest experiment of a mission dating back 14 years. >> ignition and lift off. >> reporter: the launch from bande nburg air space was picture perfect right into orbit. >> full thrust, everything is looking good. >> reporter: lan said it would take over satellites launched 14 years ago. >> it's giving us a new look at how the plant is changing due to natural and human effects. >> reporter: like the change in rivers where they swell into floods. and the change in up as cities grow and expand outward. a time lapse covering years and a mission controlled in maryland at the godard flight center. >> the continuity o
. >> looking for ways to save some money and the environment at the same time. go shopping. we'll explain just ahead. >> pretty much cloudy all day, but sun is in our future. don't miss the updated first warning forecast with bob. >>> it is cloudy, 52 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. >>> it was a successful launch into space but the mission is all about earth. alex demetrick reports, land sack eight is...
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america who will not appreciate the peace of mind that their child is in a safe, high- quality learning environment every single day. [applause] michele and i remember how tough it can be to find good child care. i remember how expensive it can be, too. the size of your paycheck should not determine your child's future. [applause] sure none of our kids start out already a step behind. let's make it a national priority to give every child access to a high-quality, early education. let's give our kids that chance. i do have to warn the parents here who have young kids, they grow up to be 5 foot 10 inches, and even if they are nice to you, they basically do not have a lot of time for you on the weekends. [laughter] they have sleepovers and dates. [laughter] so, all that early investment just leads them to go away. [laughter] now, what i also said on tuesday night is that our commitment to orchids' education has to continue throughout their academic lives. from the time our kids start grade school, we need to equip them with the skills they need in a high-tech economy. we are working to recruit and tra
america who will not appreciate the peace of mind that their child is in a safe, high- quality learning environment every single day. [applause] michele and i remember how tough it can be to find good child care. i remember how expensive it can be, too. the size of your paycheck should not determine your child's future. [applause] sure none of our kids start out already a step behind. let's make it a national priority to give every child access to a high-quality, early education. let's give our...
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on the issue of the environment, 55% trust president obama more. foreign policy, it is 51% to 37%. theresa, nevada. caller: regarding president obama using executive orders to go around the republicans in the house, i am all for it. i am aware that this is a two- party democracy and we need republicans to be reasonable working party, but they have not been. the president has no choice but to go around them. john boehner has walked away. i am frustrated and the country is frustrated, other democrats are frustrated and scared. i am scared of the things they're willing to do to our country. he is doing what he has to do. i am all for his proposals, all for clean energy and comprehensive immigration, i am for gun legislation. i am for all of them. i am center-left, that is progressive. i think the country is definitely going progressive. i do not understand where the republicans want to obstruct and go with their small mindedness and small government proposals that they think that they can push through on the american people that i do not think are very popular. host: we have a differe
on the issue of the environment, 55% trust president obama more. foreign policy, it is 51% to 37%. theresa, nevada. caller: regarding president obama using executive orders to go around the republicans in the house, i am all for it. i am aware that this is a two- party democracy and we need republicans to be reasonable working party, but they have not been. the president has no choice but to go around them. john boehner has walked away. i am frustrated and the country is frustrated, other...
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in a digital environment. they are interesting -- they are interested in supporting brands. i think they are interested and still willing to pay for experience. experiences are different than access. to be a little bit more precise about this, the old model used to be you give us $35 and we give you 20 issues of print. for a very long time, until the web and all the business models were disrupted. now, our model is you give us $35 and you get print but you also get our experiential products. it did -- the digital colom is all the things i was talking about before. unlimited access, commenting, several things in that list. you get access to subscriber- only events, which we are doing at least once a month in major cities and some secondary markets, ann arbor, austin, places where there are a lot of people interested in the type of journalism we do. whether or not that will be enough is an open question pri is certainly part of the trend where journalists are not just researching and writing. they are researching, writing, promoting, engaging in dialogue, and being important p
in a digital environment. they are interesting -- they are interested in supporting brands. i think they are interested and still willing to pay for experience. experiences are different than access. to be a little bit more precise about this, the old model used to be you give us $35 and we give you 20 issues of print. for a very long time, until the web and all the business models were disrupted. now, our model is you give us $35 and you get print but you also get our experiential products. it...
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they will provide the hardest hit districts with the resources needed to establish safe environments for students. >> congress continues to avoid sequestration. harry reid is catching heat from democrats. he is sticking to his plan that calls for a 50/50 split between spending and cuts. many say the plan needs to cut more spending and end up along the lines of an 80/20 split. if no deal is reached by march 1, cuts will take place. >> warren buffett is getting into the food business. arch are half weigh is teaming up with three g capital to buy -- berkshire hathaway is teaming up with three g capital to buy heinz. the mu has to be approved. shareholders expect to close it and the third quarter -- shareholders expect to close it and the third quarter. coming up people and one group are turning their heart ache around and using it as fuel to help themselves. >> some happy couples are tying the knot today. >> a milestone for the redskins today. >> here is a live look outside this noon. >> you're watching abc 7 at noon with scott thuman and cynne simpson. this is abc 7 news at noon. on yo
they will provide the hardest hit districts with the resources needed to establish safe environments for students. >> congress continues to avoid sequestration. harry reid is catching heat from democrats. he is sticking to his plan that calls for a 50/50 split between spending and cuts. many say the plan needs to cut more spending and end up along the lines of an 80/20 split. if no deal is reached by march 1, cuts will take place. >> warren buffett is getting into the food business....
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indexing, my friend. >> they are getting short a lot of stocks that are going up in an acome dated fed environment. so, if you look to the show, which i know you do because you love melissa. >> right. >> i've said for a year that long short managers are not going to make money in this environment. you want to focus on one slice of the pizza for the hedge fund industry. the hedge fund industry adds value, deserves it fees for three reasons. number one -- look at all the mortgage-backed security guys and the money they've made. look at the event-driven guys. number two, in the worst times, in the 2008 crisis, they hedge themselves. >> we'll get to those numbers in a second. >> no. in an s&p 500 -- >> going back to goldman sachs. >> no, no -- >> this is the largest ten positions of the hedge funds at the end of last year. >> long-short managers. >> correct. >> look at the names. apple, google, aig, microsoft, qualcomm. >> you want to take one thing off the hedge fund menu. >> hold on, guys. we can't get any points. gary, you finish your point. >> we're showing you that if you look at the two in 20 gu
indexing, my friend. >> they are getting short a lot of stocks that are going up in an acome dated fed environment. so, if you look to the show, which i know you do because you love melissa. >> right. >> i've said for a year that long short managers are not going to make money in this environment. you want to focus on one slice of the pizza for the hedge fund industry. the hedge fund industry adds value, deserves it fees for three reasons. number one -- look at all the...
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you completely walk away from all the other responsibilities of the tax code or the regulatory environment that would get the economy growing. if you want wages to grow -- what we've done to the middle class has been devastating. immigration will be one thing we will hopefully get to an honest understanding of the policy and the facts. you opened with a comment about the president's administration. a friend of mine admits the president that promise to be the most transparent and open to not turn out that way. i have not heard members of the left just being brutal, "you promised open government and sunlight into the workings and you did just the opposite." this is an interesting conversation. the left was brutal to the previous administration on guantanamo bay, extradition, the use of drones. that same left is almost mute when this president has gone further and broken his promises. host: speaker boehner held a press conference yesterday and said the house would not pass any sequester bills until the senate does. the speaker was tired of having legislation die. guest: we have spent two year
you completely walk away from all the other responsibilities of the tax code or the regulatory environment that would get the economy growing. if you want wages to grow -- what we've done to the middle class has been devastating. immigration will be one thing we will hopefully get to an honest understanding of the policy and the facts. you opened with a comment about the president's administration. a friend of mine admits the president that promise to be the most transparent and open to not...
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i think the parents want it and kids benefit from different learning environments and they do what they think is best for their kids. one of the issues with school choice is the issue of equity and if we care about equity and about providing a good option for every child there are the kids who don't have the parents the will be able to navigate all the traces and i think that we have found that in new york city as an example for high school there are hundreds of traces of schools that you can go to that you found regular high schools a lot of those have struggled because they tend to get the kids who don't make an active choice if that makes us cents. so it is just like desegregation there are problems that come with that that need to be dealt with and thought about and i think we can look back at desegregation and think okay this works and this doesn't work and really think about not necessarily the critique of the schools in the theater for ideas that happening now but as a way to make them better or more fossil but try to avoid repeating some of the same mistakes. >> host: in your en
i think the parents want it and kids benefit from different learning environments and they do what they think is best for their kids. one of the issues with school choice is the issue of equity and if we care about equity and about providing a good option for every child there are the kids who don't have the parents the will be able to navigate all the traces and i think that we have found that in new york city as an example for high school there are hundreds of traces of schools that you can...
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that is when the environment really became a partisan issue. that is when because that is when the business started lining up more business that it not want to run on the regulation wind up with republicans and then the environmental groups lined up with democrats, and that became much more than it had been the past. so there was the clinton impeachment. you can go on both sides. you can see how there is this back-and-forth, but i argue in the book. like gerrymandering, you know, you did this to me. i'm going to get you, but it is not as deep or is important as this inability in the 21st century for us to keep in balance these two parts of the american psyche, and i think, although i don't try to deal with them. i do believe that the anxiety that comes, especially for a man , along about of stagnation for the middle-class has a lot to do with why people are ineffective to an argument, makers and takers here. and there are people who are basically taking things from the government that they don't deserve. and in the 2012 election what happened w
that is when the environment really became a partisan issue. that is when because that is when the business started lining up more business that it not want to run on the regulation wind up with republicans and then the environmental groups lined up with democrats, and that became much more than it had been the past. so there was the clinton impeachment. you can go on both sides. you can see how there is this back-and-forth, but i argue in the book. like gerrymandering, you know, you did this...
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on about the fire schools are supposed to be a safe secure environment where the focus is on education the thinkers have revealed that hundreds of weapons are being seized in schools every year with a number of violent incidents on the rise the reality for many schools across the bay is that your classmate can quickly become your enemy and the school playgrounds can be a dangerous place but it's not only the peoples who are subject to violence in london alone this being more than four thousand assaults on teachers by peoples over the past year is it's a shocking indication at the levels of violence in school it becomes normal to. get involved in this you get sucked into this last thing to violence the best approach. is it's just about waking up in the morning and going for run yeah after a while it becomes normal to you stephen is now working with us charity x l p thirty nine hundred ninety six after school stabbing founded patrick regan has been helping young people tackle gun culture and violence a member could come. me wearing a bulletproof vest underneath his school uniform he said
on about the fire schools are supposed to be a safe secure environment where the focus is on education the thinkers have revealed that hundreds of weapons are being seized in schools every year with a number of violent incidents on the rise the reality for many schools across the bay is that your classmate can quickly become your enemy and the school playgrounds can be a dangerous place but it's not only the peoples who are subject to violence in london alone this being more than four thousand...